St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-21
CURIOUS AFFIDAVIT,
Which Was Secured for Publica-
ton in the Globe

Last night sia0eth-faced young man,
who said his name was Jones, and that he
represented Messrs. Goforth u Roberts,
attorneys for Mother" Robinson, came
up 10 the GLOBE office and demanded
that this paper publish a card denying
She truth of an article published last
Tuesday. He produced copy of what
he said was the sworn affidavit of Mrs.
Lewis and her brother, John Tango,
who lives with her. and whose names
were mentioned in the article alluded
to, reading as follows:
To the Reading Public:
In order to correct rank error, and wish
ing that justice may be done lady who has
been grossly maligned in The columns of
this paper, We, the undersigned freely and
all connection with that article entitled
Threatened Eviction" which appeared in
last Tuesdays GLOBE.
The article referred to was wholly and
singluarly false from beginning to end. The
Improvements and remoGeling at our house
was done AT our request, and had our entire
sanction. and as above. stated, the article was
base and coward prevarication, without re-
gard 10 facts, made out of whole cloth and
printed without our knowledge and consent.
JOHN LoNZo,
NELLIE LEWIS.
: Dated st. Paul, Mimi. May 20, 1887
The paper was attested and sworn to
before Frank Merrihied. notary public.
The statements which were denied
had been obtained from the parties
themselves by GLOBE reporter, and a
reporter was sent at once to see Mrs.
Lewis and ascertain the reason for
sher change of heart. Mrs. Lewis
:=yaS found at the house looking very
5Dale and propped up with pillows. Two
lady friends and her nurse were in the
room with her. She recognized the re-
porter at once, and said: ''Oh, you're
che gentleman that MAS here the other
day" =
Did you sign denial of what you
isaid theu?" She was. asked
"0h. don't know what | did sign.
Mrs. Robinson was awful mad about
what the GLOBE published, but you
know it was true. You saw what had
;been done yourself"
KNOW IT WAS TRUE,
.and 1t came near killing me. Oh, if l
rwas only well enough to be moved l
would stand by it, and I'd sue her for
damages. She has been here every day
.slnce then, and has been very kind.
~Now, Nellie she said, you amt able
Ito move, and you can just as well stay
there if you'll only fix up retraction
'of that statement / was
soO olCh anu weak Ildb i
edidn't know what l was doing They
sand she says Il don't want to get you
zeXcited-you Just sign this and it'll be
all right, and she pushed paper to-
ward me, and / wrote Mrs. Lewis.
Then they went away, and afterwards
1.-TWO men came back again and they had
scratched out my name, and / never
Hooked at that paper, but just put down
Nellie Lewis fThen he read the OATH
Did he read the paper?"
No. he did not, i" interpOsed the nurse
;siri, who had witnessed the proceeding.
he Just read the oath and held up his
}handn
Did you swear??o Mrs. Lewis was
mo, didn't swear or say anything
i didn't even hold up my hand. had
baby in my arms at the time, and ]
never said aye, yes or no."
What consideration had she offered
you to sign the paper?''
H''She is to give NE this months REM
free and fix the house, and then she is
to give ME a lease on it for one yeaI
from the 1st of June. That is what she
promised to do if l would only sign the
paper, and my sister and another lady
and the nurse heard her say it. If j had
been well woman 1 would
have sued her for damages. Oh
don't say anything more that'll
make trouble, because l am afraid OF
her and believe she is part crazy, any
way"
Mrs. Lewis was quite exhausted with
her effort.
MIR. LoNZo's STATEMENT
The reporter then went to see John
Ionic, and found him at work in his
sloemaker's shop at 4s6 Jackson street
J. "Was it not true that Mrs. Peters0
tri&d to drive your sister from her honic
as published in the GI.cBE?i h. 80.
asked. 1.n
Eyes. there was man sent ot..Ytii.
to tear away the shed. and l.
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